Russia upping the price of Soyuz flights in 2012?

So we out source the ISS taxi rides to China at a hugh savings - and as a
side benefit we get really accurate models of the LEO transfer craft and
launch vehilce from Trumpeter in three standard scales - sounds win win to
me. (Wait a minute - I forgot the airfare from Houston to China,)

In sci.space.history Val Kraut wrote:
So we out source the ISS taxi rides to China at a hugh savings - and
as a side benefit we get really accurate models of the LEO transfer
craft and launch vehilce from Trumpeter in three standard scales -
sounds win win to me. (Wait a minute - I forgot the airfare from
Houston to China,)

Given the likely vast number of empty shipping containers going from
the U.S. back to China, it is probably cost-effective to install a set
of bunks and a chemical toilet along with food and water into a 40'
container and ship the astronaughts (*) to China that way. Heck, it
might even be roomier than the ISS

rick jones

(*) seems an apt name for someone who's country has no way to get him
into space and back.

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Given the likely vast number of empty shipping containers going from
the U.S. back to China, it is probably cost-effective to install a set
of bunks and a chemical toilet along with food and water into a 40'
container and ship the astronaughts (*) to China that way. Heck, it
might even be roomier than the ISS

There's a Constellation emblem with constellation replaced by cancellation
showing up on the net. Someone should come up with an astronaught mission
patch - some poor soul staring up at the sky with his hands in his pocket
wearing a ball and chain painted to look like the earth.

On your other suggestion - now we could have nightly news coverage as they
try to fix the toilet in the shipping container, while trapped three levels
down and two rows in amongst the empty conatiners on the SS Golden Dragon.
Maybe we could get a package deal 20 seats to ISS and two free seats to the
moon in the frequently launcheded passenger program.

It's amazing how rapidly dark humor arrives on the scene in bad times.

"Val Kraut" writes:

There's a Constellation emblem with constellation replaced by cancellation
showing up on the net. Someone should come up with an astronaught mission
patch - some poor soul staring up at the sky with his hands in his pocket
wearing a ball and chain painted to look like the earth.


New patch: 'Containeration'

Catchy don't you think?

;-)

Dave

David Spain wrote:
"Val Kraut" writes:

There's a Constellation emblem with constellation replaced by cancellation
showing up on the net. Someone should come up with an astronaught mission
patch - some poor soul staring up at the sky with his hands in his pocket
wearing a ball and chain painted to look like the earth.


New patch: 'Containeration'

Catchy don't you think?

Here's that emblem BTW:
http://selenianboondocks.com/wp-cont...ncellation.jpg

Pat